Drivers urged to look out for slow-moving farm equipment
Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
With planting season getting underway, Delaware agriculture officials are advising drivers to be on the lookout for slow-moving farm equipment along the state’s roads.
Almost 200 volunteers plant trees at Blackbird State Forest
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Almost 200 volunteers donated over 440 service hours as part of a conservation project to plant 4,000 oak and pine tree seedlings on a 10-acre parcel of Blackbird State Forest on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7. Taking advantage of the somewhat seasonable spring weather, 194 volunteers from the Smyrna area – which included 84 adults […]
Delaware Forest Service to hold 18th Annual “Fire Camp”
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Delaware “Fire Camp” offers intensive hands-on wildfire training: Saturday, April 20 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Blackbird State Forest. Watch a YouTube video from a previous “Delaware Fire Camp” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlkpTtOqjzY&feature=youtu.be DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE 2320 S. DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901 MEDIA ADVISORY: Contact: Henry Poole, Assistant Forestry Administrator […]
U.S. racing officials to hold conference at Delaware Park
Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Horse racing industry officials from around the country will visit Delaware next week for an educational conference hosted by the Delaware Thoroughbred and Harness Racing Commissions.
Scouts to plant 4,000 trees at Blackbird State Forest on April 6 & 7
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Contact Information: Michael A. Valenti, Delaware State Forestry Administrator Phone: 302-698-4550 (work) 302-233-1996 (cell) Email: michael.valenti@delaware.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: Boy and Girl Scouts from the Delmarva Peninsula will join adult volunteers to plant 4,000 seedlings on a 10-acre tract of Blackbird State Forest on April 6 and 7, 2013 from 10 am to 4 pm each […]
